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Shloka 1366

मानसतीर्थ-शौचप्रशंसा | Praise of the ‘Mental Tīrtha’ and the Marks of Purity

महर्षित्वमथासाद्य सशरीरगतिर्भवेत्‌ । दस वर्षोतक एक-एक मास उपवास करके एकतीसवें दिन भोजन करनेवाला पुरुष उत्तम स्वर्ग लोकको जाता है। वह महर्षि पदको प्राप्त होकर सशरीर दिव्यलोककी यात्रा करता है

maharṣitvam athāsādya saśarīragatir bhavet | daśa varṣotaka eka-eka māsa upavāsa kṛtvā ekatriṃśe dine bhojanaṃ kurvan puruṣa uttamaṃ svargalokaṃ gacchati | sa maharṣipadaṃ prāpya saśarīraṃ divyalokaṃ yātrāṃ karoti |

Bhishma nói: Khi đạt địa vị Đại Thánh (maharishi), người ấy còn có thể tiến bước với chính thân xác này. Người đàn ông nào suốt mười năm, mỗi tháng đều trì trai, chỉ đến ngày thứ ba mươi mốt mới ăn, sẽ đến cõi trời tối thượng. Đắc phẩm vị đại rishi, ông ta du hành đến cảnh giới thần linh trong thân thể đã hóa thành thiêng diệu.

महर्षित्वम्the state/position of a great seer
महर्षित्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि-त्व (महर्षि + त्व)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अथthen/thereupon
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
आसाद्यhaving attained/reached
आसाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + सद्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage as gerund)
सशरीरगतिःa journey/going with the body (bodily passage)
सशरीरगतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस-शरीर-गति (शरीर + गति)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भवेत्would be / may become
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
S
Svargaloka
D
Divyaloka
M
Maharshi (status/rank)

Educational Q&A

Sustained austerity—specifically long-term, disciplined fasting with strict regulation of eating—is presented as a powerful dharmic practice that yields extraordinary spiritual merit, culminating in attainment of the highest heaven and even a ‘bodily’ passage to a divine realm.

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he describes the फल (result) of a particular vrata: a person who fasts each month and eats only on the thirty-first day, continuing this for ten years, gains the status of a great rishi and reaches Svarga/Divyaloka, portrayed as an exalted post-mortem (or transfigured) destination.